Presentation on the topic "Ivan Kupala". Presentation "Ivan Kupala Holiday in Rus'" presentation for a lesson (8th grade) on the topic Kupala presentation for elementary school

Ivan Kupala, also Midsummer's Day folk holiday of pagan origin among the Slavic peoples, celebrated in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine. Midsummer's Day has an ancient tradition of celebration throughout almost all of Europe. Before the baptism, the holiday of Ivan Kupala was dedicated to the day summer solstice. With the adoption of Christianity, the holiday began to be celebrated on the birthday of John the Baptist on June 24, old style. With the transition to a new style the date of birth of John the Baptist has moved to July 7 (in the XXXXI centuries), since the Orthodox Church lives according to the old style. In this regard, the holiday lost its astronomical correspondence with the solstice.

Swimming on Midsummer's Day is a national custom, but in some areas peasants considered such swimming dangerous, since on this day the birthday boy himself is a waterman, who cannot stand it when people interfere in his kingdom, and takes revenge on them by drowning anyone unwary. On this holiday, according to popular belief, water can be “friends” with fire, and their union is considered a natural force

Young people and children, jumping over the fires, made noisy funny Games and running a race. We definitely played burners. According to peasant beliefs, on Kupala, the shortest night, one cannot sleep, as all evil spirits - witches, werewolves, mermaids, sorcerers, brownies, water creatures, and goblins - come to life and become especially active.

On the night before Ivan Kupala, girls lower wreaths with lit splinters or candles onto the river waves, and make wreaths from Ivan da Marya, burdock, Bogorodskaya grass and bear's ear. If the wreath sinks immediately, it means that the betrothed has fallen out of love and cannot marry him. The one whose wreath floats the longest will be the happiest, and the one whose wreath burns the longest will live a long, long life.

IN LITHUANIA, MIDSUMMER'S DAY IS CONSIDERED A SUMMER SOLSTICE HOLIDAY AND FALLS ON JUNE 24TH. THERE IS A BELIEVE ACCORDING TO WHICH ON THIS SHORTEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, PLANTS AND WATER ACQUIRES THE MIRACULOUS ABILITY TO CURE ALL DISEASES AND INCREASE THE FERTILITY OF THE EARTH. PEOPLE BURN bonfires, float wreaths along the river and go into the forest in search of a fern flower.

The end of June for the Spaniards is the time of the fight against witches. The night of sacred bonfires, magic and omens comes in Spain from June 23 to 24. All over Spain, bonfires are lit, housewives bake a festive coca cake and cava champagne flows like a river.

The presentation will help tell children about the summer holiday Ivan Kupala, which has its own unusual traditions, preserved for centuries by the Slavs and sacredly revered to this day, its own history. This day is celebrated in the summer (July 6-7), but schoolchildren can be told about it when getting acquainted with folk holidays and during class hours or lessons about the world around them (grades 2-3). The manual can be downloaded by workers of children's camps who are preparing to hold a real celebration around the fire with all the traditions: weaving wreaths, leading round dances, searching for a fern flower.

A presentation on the theme “Midsummer’s Day” talks about a folk holiday that has come to us since pagan times. It is celebrated today more and more often, as its traditions attract today's youth. Who doesn’t want to sit by the fire, sing folk songs, dance a round dance, and weave a wreath. Fortune telling is common on this night, but the most famous custom is the search unusual flower fern, which, according to legends, blooms only on this night and has unprecedented power. You can download a work about Midsummer's Day or the Kupala holiday for class hour or thematic lessons in elementary school.

Presentation on the topic “Kupala” talks about the ancient pagan holiday, which the peoples of Europe celebrate on the night of July 6-7. In some countries this holiday is called a little differently. If you hear the names Midsummer Day or Ivan Kupala, you should know that we are talking about the same folk festival.

11 pages of the resource tell about Kupala:

who is Kupala?
the shortest night of the year;
unprecedented flower;
Kupala fortune telling;
beliefs;
Ivan Chistoplotny;
night festivities.

The presentation introduces all the signs that are associated with the holiday of Ivan Kupala. Previously, this holiday was highly anticipated, people prepared for it in advance and had high hopes for this unusual night. Some wanted to find love, others went to the river bank to the fire to walk with friends, and the bravest ones went in search of the mysterious fern flower. It is he who blossoms in this short summer night. It is not easy to find him, as he is guarded by evil spirits. Schoolchildren will recognize many more interesting signs related to Kupala wreaths, fire, and flowers after watching the work in full.

Holiday Ivan Kupala in Rus'

Ivan Kupala Even during the time of paganism, the ancient Russians had a deity Kupala, personifying summer fertility. In his honor, in the evenings they sang songs and jumped over the fire. This ritual action turned into an annual celebration of the summer solstice, mixing pagan and Christian traditions. The deity Kupala began to be called Ivan after the baptism of Rus', when he was replaced by none other than John the Baptist (more precisely, his popular image), who baptized Christ himself and whose Christmas was celebrated on June 24.

Ivan Kupala On this day, people girded themselves with bandages of flowers and put wreaths of herbs on their heads. They led round dances, sang songs, lit bonfires, in the middle of which they placed a pole with a burning wheel mounted on it - a symbol of the sun.

Ivan Kupala In the songs that were sung in the villages, Kupala is called loving, clean, cheerful. On the day of Ivan Kupala, girls made wreaths of herbs, and in the evening they put them into the water, watching how and where they floated. If the wreath sinks, it means that the betrothed has fallen out of love and cannot marry him.

Ivan Kupala On Midsummer's Day, it was customary to pour dirty water on everyone you met. It was believed that the more often a person runs to swim, the purer his soul will be. Bathing was prescribed at dawn: then bathing had healing powers.

Ivan Kupala On bathing night, cleansing bonfires were lit. They danced around them, jumped over them; whoever is more successful and taller will be happier. In the Kupala bonfires, mothers burned the shirts taken from sick children, so that the illnesses themselves would be burned along with this linen. The youth, jumping over the fires, organized noisy fun games, fights, and races. We certainly played burners.

Ivan Kupala People believed that all miraculous and healing herbs bloom on the night of Ivan Kupala. Therefore, knowledgeable and experienced people, and especially village doctors and healers, under no circumstances missed Midsummer's Night and collected medicinal roots and herbs for the whole year.

Ivan Kupala There were rumors that ferns bloom at midnight on Kupala. A wonderful fiery flower can show the lucky person the location of all treasures, no matter how deeply they are buried. Around midnight, a bud appears on the wide leaves of the fern, which rises higher and higher, then staggers, turns over and begins to “jump”. Exactly at midnight, a ripe bud opens with a bang and a fiery red flower emerges from it. A person cannot pick it, but if he sees it, all his wishes will come true.

Ivan Kupala People associated ideas about miracles with the day of Ivan Kupala. On the night of Kupala, one could not sleep, as all the evil spirits came to life and became active: witches, werewolves, ghouls, mermaids... It was believed that on Ivan Kupala, witches also celebrated their holiday, trying to cause as much harm to people as possible.

Ivan Kupala This is how the holiday of Ivan Kupala passed - in riotous rituals, fortune telling and other funny and cute pranks...

Ivan Kupala

Ivan Kupala holiday in Rus' The presentation was prepared by E.A. Siroshtanova, MBOU Secondary School No. 76, Gigant village, 2014

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Who is Kupala?

Kupala (Kupalo) is the Slavic god of summer, wild fruits and summer flowers. He was ranked among the most noble gods. After all, the fruits of the earth serve man most of all and constitute his wealth.

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The shortest night of the year.

It is on this night that unimaginable miracles happen, and all the evil spirits go completely wild and try to harm people. To protect their home from the invasion of evil spirits, peasants placed stinging nettles on the windows of their houses.

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An unprecedented flower.

According to popular beliefs, only once a year, at midnight on Midsummer's Day, the fern blooms with fiery color. The one who finds and picks this flower becomes a healer and will be able to find any treasure. Anyone who dares to get a magic flower will have to overcome many trials, because the whole world will resist him. forest evil spirits. Few will survive such a test. But without magic flower not to get the treasured treasures.

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Kupala fortune telling.

1. They collected 12 types of herbs and put them under the pillow at night with the words: “Mummer, come to my garden for a walk!” to see your future groom in a dream.

2. They curled wreaths, with lit candles, and let them into the river. If the wreath drowns, the betrothed will stop loving. The one who floats the longest will be the happiest, the one whose candle burns the longest will live the longest life.

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3. At midnight they went out and, without looking, picked the grass, and in the morning they counted it: if there were 12 types of plants, they should get married this year.

4. In order for the groom to dream, they put a plantain under his head at night with the words: “A traveler is a travel companion,” you live along the road, you see young and old, say my betrothed.”

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Beliefs.

Morning Ivan's dew was considered the best cosmetic product. They took a clean tablecloth, went out into the meadow, dragged the tablecloth over the wet grass and squeezed it into a vessel. Those who wash themselves with this dew will have skin softer than a petal.

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Kupala herbs had healing and miraculous properties: all year round they protected livestock, the house and all household members from evil spirits. Ivan - yes - Marya, placed in the corners of the house, protect it from enemies.

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Kupala bonfires were lit on this day by most of the peoples of Europe. Whoever jumps over the flames of the Kupala bonfire will be healthy all year. Jumping over the Kupala bonfires gets rid of forty evil spirits.

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Ivan is clean.

In the morning, the guys took buckets and went to the river, where they filled them with liquid mud and, returning, doused the girls with this mud. And the girls also ran after the mud and smeared the boys with it. And then a cheerful fight began, full of screams and laughter. Then the dirty young people flocked to the river to bathe together.

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Evening of Ivan Kupala Day.

And in the evening, all the people, dressed up, with wreaths on their heads, went to the river, where they lit fires, danced in circles, sang, told fortunes and, of course, collected herbs.

You can learn even more about the breathtaking wonders of this holiday by reading N.V. Gogol’s story “The Evening on the Eve of Ivan Kupala.”

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Ivan Kupala in Rus'

Ivan Kupala Since ancient times, all the peoples of the world celebrated the peak of summer at the end of June. In Rus', such a holiday is Ivan Kupala. On the night of June 23-24, everyone celebrated this mystical, mysterious, but at the same time wild and cheerful holiday, full of ritual actions, rules and prohibitions, songs, sentences, all kinds of signs, fortune telling, legends, beliefs. Ivan Kupala Even during the time of paganism, the ancient Russians had a deity Kupala, personifying summer fertility. In his honor, in the evenings they sang songs and jumped over the fire. This ritual action turned into an annual celebration of the summer solstice, mixing pagan and Christian traditions. The deity Kupala began to be called Ivan after the baptism of Rus', when he was replaced by none other than John the Baptist (more precisely, his popular image), who baptized Christ himself and whose Christmas was celebrated on June 24. Ivan Kupala On this day, people girded themselves with bandages of flowers and put wreaths of herbs on their heads. They led round dances, sang songs, lit bonfires, in the middle of which they placed a pole with a burning wheel mounted on it - a symbol of the sun. Ivan Kupala In the songs that were sung in the villages, Kupala is called loving, clean, cheerful. On the day of Ivan Kupala, girls made wreaths of herbs, and in the evening they put them into the water, watching how and where they floated. If the wreath sinks, it means that the betrothed has fallen out of love and cannot marry him. Ivan Kupala On Midsummer's Day, it was customary to pour dirty water on everyone you met. It was believed that the more often a person runs to swim, the purer his soul will be. Bathing was prescribed at dawn: then bathing had healing powers. Ivan Kupala On bathing night, cleansing bonfires were lit. They danced around them, jumped over them; whoever is more successful and taller will be happier. In the Kupala bonfires, mothers burned the shirts taken from sick children, so that the illnesses themselves would be burned along with this linen. The youth, jumping over the fires, organized noisy fun games, fights, and races. We certainly played burners. Ivan Kupala People believed that all miraculous and healing herbs bloom on the night of Ivan Kupala. Therefore, knowledgeable and experienced people, and especially village doctors and healers, under no circumstances missed Midsummer's Night and collected medicinal roots and herbs for the whole year. Ivan Kupala There were rumors that ferns bloom at midnight on Kupala. A wonderful fiery flower can show the lucky person the location of all treasures, no matter how deeply they are buried. Around midnight, a bud appears on the wide leaves of the fern, which rises higher and higher, then staggers, turns over and begins to “jump”. Exactly at midnight, a ripe bud opens with a bang and a fiery red flower emerges from it. A person cannot pick it, but if he sees it, all his wishes will come true. Ivan Kupala People associated ideas about miracles with the day of Ivan Kupala. On the night of Kupala, one could not sleep, as all the evil spirits came to life and became active: witches, werewolves, ghouls, mermaids... It was believed that on Ivan Kupala, witches also celebrated their holiday, trying to cause as much harm to people as possible. Ivan Kupala This is how the holiday of Ivan Kupala passed - in riotous rituals, fortune telling and other funny and cute pranks... Ivan Kupala Holiday Ivan Kupala in Rus' The presentation was prepared by Siroshtanova E.A., MBOU Secondary School No. 76, Gigant village, 2014